This Contest is Closed The winner is Steve Margulis October 16 TRIVIA QUESTION Where did the great band Hot Rize get their name? A. Colorado hot air balloon festival B. A pun on a Lebanese word for fancy neckties (bassist … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Andy Bing October 9 TRIVIA QUESTION There are more bluegrass biographies out there than most readers suspect. You can learn a LOT about founding figures of bluegrass in books. Also of course via … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Kathy Treasure October 2 TRIVIA QUESTION Twenty years ago actor George Clooney starred in the Coen Brothers’ hit movie O Brother Where Art Thou. A key plot point in the movie is when … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Paula Moskowitz September 25 TRIVIA QUESTION What did Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs have in common, before they ever joined Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in 1945? They both worked for Bill’s brother … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Vinny Nugent September 18 TRIVIA QUESTION A young banjo picker wanted very badly to become a Blue Grass Boy/Girl. Another musician who knew Bill Monroe took this young person to a Monroe show … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Jake Moskowitz SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 TRIVIA QUESTION What is commonly referred to as a “flat head”? The predominant type of guitar used in bluegrass The favorite type of Gibson banjo tone ring configuration … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Steve Margulis September 4, 2020 TRIVIA QUESTION Bluegrass music has a somewhat “morbid” reputation because of all the songs about DEATH. Of course Death is just part of Life, and romantic writers and … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Al Gassman August 28 TRIVIA QUESTION What musicial icon was quoted as follows by The New York Times? “Bluegrass music is mysterious and deep rooted and you almost have to born playing it. … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Gary DiGiovanni August 21, 2020 TRIVIA QUESTION The IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) just this month made their very first award of the brand new Sally Ann Forrester Scholarship. $1000!!! In fact, enough … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Andy Bing August 14 TRIVIA QUESTION What instrument did Bill Monroe describe as: The King Instrument ___________________________ The Fifth Child ______________________________ Must get BOTH right to win. ANSWER is “Fiddle and 5 string … Read More